[access-uk] Re: brailleplus or icon?
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:02:53 +0100
Hi Ray,
My laptop has six hours on the battery. You can buy a spare battery, or on
many trains they have plug sockets anyway. What's this obsession with hours
of battery life?
All the best
Steve
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: brailleplus or icon?
Yes, laptops with next to no battery life! Can do without them!
Ray.
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From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 10:02 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: brailleplus or icon?
> Hi Ray,
>
> I think it is already here, it's called a laptop <Smile>.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Rays Home
> Sent: Sunday 6 July 2008 17:33
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: brailleplus or icon?
>
> I think I saw someone ask if the Braille sense supports foreign languages.
> I don't think it does, and the fact of these not being mentioned on GW
> Micro's FAQ page about the BS makes me think it doesn't. You could always
> contact Force Ten who sell it here and ask them, or ask at Sight Village
> in
> a couple of weeks.
>
> If you want to peruze the manuals they're at:
>
> http://www.gwmicro.com/Braille_Sense/Manual/
>
> It is a pity about the Icon notetakers/organisers not being available
> here.
> I sometimes get the impression America can be a bit parochial about the
> rest
>
> of the world, but then again maybe it is the way the organisation making
> it
> is funded. Someone needs to come up with a similar device because it
> would
> appear to me to point the way to a portable device that could do
> everything
> you wanted, not be dependent on Windows and thus rather more secure, and
> sell at a more affordable price, especially to those who don't want to get
> into PCs and access software.
>
> I hope something like the Icon will appear to handle streaming, DAISY,
> recording notes, as well as having text imputs. An all round portable do
> anything - outside of Office applications and advanced sound editing.
>
> Cheers,
> Ray.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "will lomas" <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: brailleplus or icon?
>
>
>> hi does it have a braille display on it?
>> if not apart from the braillenote and pac mate, what other PDA devices
>> are out there then that support foreign languages?
>> will
>>
>> On 6 Jul 2008, at 09:49, Orhan Deniz wrote:
>>
>>> Hi will,
>>> No unfortunately it is at this time impossible unless you are up for it
>>> to get one of these. I say that because if you were daring enough, you
>>> could get it shipped from america. How legal that is: I don't know. But
>>> there is also the chance of it breaking and then you haven't got any
>>> support in the UK.
>>> I agree that this is an unfare disadvantage.
>>>
>>> Orhan Deniz.
>>> E-mail:
>>> Orhan.Deniz63@xxxxxxxxx
>>> MSN/Windows Live ID:
>>> orhan1793@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Skype:
>>> Orhan.Deniz63
>>>
>>> Blog:
>>> http://WorldAndOther.wordpress.com
>>> Twitter:
>>> http://www.twitter.com/KVP2008
>>> Last.fm profile:
>>> http://www.last.fm/user/orhandeniz1993
>>>
>
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